Anonymous wrote:Epic is the electronic medical records that most hospitals use. It’s more than just mychart. With a feature called care everywhere you can see records from other hospitals. Doctors can also communicate to other doctors on my chart. To answer OPs question- everything is electronic right now so if your prescriber uses an electronic method of sending prescriptions - I think everyone can basically see the med. We can also see if you’ve filled a prescription. I suppose you could get a written prescription and go to an off the grid pharmacy to try to evade this system.

By "everyone", do you mean doctors, or health insurance companies?

Epic is the electronic medical records that most hospitals use. It’s more than just mychart. With a feature called care everywhere you can see records from other hospitals. Doctors can also communicate to other doctors on my chart. To answer OPs question- everything is electronic right now so if your prescriber uses an electronic method of sending prescriptions - I think everyone can basically see the med. We can also see if you’ve filled a prescription. I suppose you could get a written prescription and go to an off the grid pharmacy to try to evade this system.

Anonymous wrote:So what is Epic? I had a meet and greet with a new concierge doc a few weeks ago and she mentioned being able to see most all records in Epic. So, this must be a somewhat-universal electronic medical record. The question is, how universal is it (or OP, the ? is can the insurers see it) and what is in there (for OP, does it include all prescribed meds?).

Anybody know? I'm wondering about this too.

Doctors usually have to enter a code for your diagnosis when they see you. So that information could be available in a medical record even if the medications were not. It’s mainly for insurance, but I think they’re still going to enter a code for your visit no matter how you pay.